High Wind, Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys
- When
- March 26, 1:00 AM AST to 10:00 PM AST
- Where
- Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind and Cold in Alaska, March 26 to 29, 1999
Under a moderate pressure gradient across the northern half of northern Alaska, cold air at low levels moved south from the Arctic ocean across the Brooks Range. For Zone 4, The Upper Noatak BLM Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS) reported a maximum wind sustained at 44 mph, gusts 56 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
Under a moderate pressure gradient across the northern half of northern Alaska, cold air at low levels moved south from the Arctic ocean across the Brooks Range. For Zone 4, The Upper Noatak BLM Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS) reported a maximum wind sustained at 44 mph, gusts 56 mph. Wind Chills there reached -84. The State of Alaska Department of Transportation camp at Chandalar shelf reported gusts to 61 mph Friday morning. Wind Chills at Anaktuvuk Pass reached 82 below. Over far northern Zone 3, Wind Chills at Point Hope reached 76 below.
Event by event
2 cold/wind chill, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys
- When
- March 26, 2:00 PM AST to March 28, 8:00 PM AST
- Where
- Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Cold/Wind Chill, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- March 27, 2:00 AM AST to March 29, 11:00 AM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in North Dakota, March 26, 1999
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, March 26, 1999
- Strong Wind in South Dakota, March 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 26, 1999
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, March 26, 1999
- Rip Current in Guam, March 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, March 26, 1999
- Winter Storm in Virginia, March 26, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 26, 1999
- High Wind in California, March 26, 1999
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, March 26, 1999
- Winter Weather in Georgia, March 26, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, March 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5682940, 5682941, 5682942.